Drummully West (Irish and English derived place name, Droim Mullaigh meaning ‘The Hill-Ridge of the Summit’, West meaning the western part of the original Drummully townland before it was sub-divided.) is a

townland A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic origi ...

in the

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of Kildallan, barony of

Tullyhunco Tullyhunco () is a barony in County Cavan, Ireland. It comprises the civil parishes of Kildallan, Killeshandra and Scrabby. Location Tullyhunco is located in western County Cavan. It borders County Leitrim to the west and County Longford to t ...

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Geography

Drummully West is bounded on the north by Drumbagh and Drumcartagh townlands, on the west by Druminiskill townland, on the south by Coolnashinny and

Mullaghmullan Mullaghmullan (Irish derived place name, Mullach Maoiláin meaning either ‘The Summit of the Hillock’ or ‘The Summit of Maolán’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Mul ...

townlands and on the east by Drumbo (Tullyhunco) and

Drummully East Drummully East (Irish and English derived place name, Droim Mullaigh meaning ‘The Hill-Ridge of the Summit’, East meaning the eastern part of the original Drummully townland before it was sub-divided.) is a townland in the civil parish of Kil ...

townlands. Its chief geographical features are small streams, a forestry plantation and spring wells. Drummully West is traversed by the local L5503 road, minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 113 acres.

History

From medieval times up to the early 1600s, the land belonged to the

McKiernan Clan The surname McKiernan ( ga, Mág Tighearnán), is of Ireland, Irish origin and is found predominantly in the county of County Cavan, Cavan where it originated. The Irish name is Mág Tighearnán meaning ''the Son of Tighearnán'' and the clan or se ...

. Until the 1650s the present-day townland of Drumbagh formed part of Drummully West. The 1609

Plantation of Ulster The Plantation of Ulster ( gle, Plandáil Uladh; Ulster-Scots: ''Plantin o Ulstèr'') was the organised colonisation (''plantation'') of Ulstera province of Irelandby people from Great Britain during the reign of King James I. Most of the sett ...

Map depicts the townland as ''Dromoligh''. A government grant of 1610 spells the name as ''Dromoligh''. A 1629 Inquisition spells the name as ''Dromoligh'', ''Drommaleigh'' and ''Drumwillies''. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells it as ''Dromully west''. In the

King

James VI and I James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until ...

by grant dated 23 July 1610 granted the Manor of Clonyn or Taghleagh, which included the two polls of Dromoligh (now comprising the townlands of

, Drummully West and Drumbagh), to Sir Alexander Hamilton of

Innerwick Innerwick ( gd, Inbhir Mhuice) is a coastal civil parish and small village, which lies in the east of East Lothian, from Dunbar and approximately from Edinburgh. Name The name Innerwick is of Anglo-saxon origin and means inland farm or dwel ...

, Scotland. On 29 July 1611 Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester and others reported that- '. An Inquisition held at Cavan on 10 June 1629 stated that ''the 2 polls called Dromoligh are otherwise called Drumwillies'' and that they contained eight sub-divisions named ''Choiscaple, Coulcovead, Leag, Ruddaghedrom, Dromacho, Drombeach, Tonerassin and Carriglas''. It also described the boundary of the townland as- '. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the owner as Sir Francis Hamilton and describes it as wasteland. In the Hearth Money Rolls compiled on 29 September 1663 there were two Hearth Tax payers in ''Dromlhyest- Jeffry Hansly and John Dens''. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the townland name as ''Dromully West''. The 1825 Tithe Applotment Books list nine tithepayers in the townland. The Drummully West Valuation Office books are available for April 1838.

Griffith's Valuation Griffith's Valuation was a boundary and land valuation survey of Ireland completed in 1868. Griffith's background Richard John Griffith started to value land in Scotland, where he spent two years in 1806-1807 valuing terrain through the examinati ...

of 1857 lists fifteen landholders in the townland.

Census

In the 1901 census of Ireland, there were eight families listed in the townland. In the 1911 census of Ireland, there were eight families listed in the townland.

References

External links

The IreAtlas Townland Data Base
{{County Cavan Townlands of County Cavan